Pleione limprichtii

Pleione limprichtii 

Pleione limprichtii                                                                                                                                                           photo C. Solimbergo
   
taxonomy described by Schlechter, Friedrich Richard Rudolf
  published in       Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis, beihefte  12 : 346    1922
     
  family Orchidaceae 
  subfamily Epidendroideae
  tribe Arethuseae
  subtribe Coelogyninae
  genus Pleione D. Don 1825
     
  chromosomes  2n = 40 
  metabolism  CAM pathway, stomata of the leaves are open at night.
    (K.Silvera, L.S. Santiago, J.C. Cushman, K. Winter - International Symposium on Plant Biology, August 2013)
    it is useful give the soluble mineal nutriens, on the roots.
     
native of origins forests of Burma, China (Sichuan, K'ang Ting, Yunnan, Wenchuan Hsien, Szenchuan, East Tibet)
  altitude 1800 - 3048 m  (5940 - 10060 ft)
  habitat climate informations from Shangrì-La (Yunnan, China)
    Köppen climate classification : Cw, humid subtropical climate, with dry winter, summer short and cool
    the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 2800 m / 9240 ft) :
    Pleione limprichtii b gr uk
  photoperiod in Shangrì-La this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 58 m' to 10 h 02 m'
  life form geophyte, on limestone rocks on a thin layer of humus, covered with thin layer of moss
  brightness    partial shade
     
inflorescence     length 4 - 5 cm (1.6" - 2"), apical  
  nr flowers 1
  size single flower 5 L 6 cm (2" L 2.4")
  duration single flower, ≈ 20 days     
  time to bloom from birth, ≈ days 
     
CITES appendix  II

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